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it's never been clear to me why they thought it they had to fight the united states and the pacific. what was the reason for it? >> yeah. i remember in 1990 during operation desert storm, one of the war spobt actually said it was the first time anybody had gone to war over oil. which was pretty amazing statement. world war ii in the pacific was all about oil. the united states had embargoed oil shipments to japan as a way of protesting and hoping to modify japanese action in china and elsewhere. it got down point where the clock was run, with the geostrategic clock and japan had something like 18 months of oil reserves after which they would be unable to conduct operations. the decision was made, we go now and occupy the -- [inaudible] with the petroleum and try to hold the line there after. >> 71 years and i finally heard that. >> did you say that the other reason the dutch went along with that is the embargo -- [inaudible] japan would have been fine. they would along with roosevelt and em bar dwoad also. >> read what's going at the moment. and here we are. when you think about the
it's never been clear to me why they thought it they had to fight the united states and the pacific. what was the reason for it? >> yeah. i remember in 1990 during operation desert storm, one of the war spobt actually said it was the first time anybody had gone to war over oil. which was pretty amazing statement. world war ii in the pacific was all about oil. the united states had embargoed oil shipments to japan as a way of protesting and hoping to modify japanese action in china and...
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i give up the opportunity in my plan is for president of the united states for 2016 and my plan is to be the first third-party candidate to win the presidency. >> guest: >> host: this is booktv on c-span two. where freedom fest held annually in las vegas, talking to several authors. we've been talking with wayne allyn root. "the conscience of a libertarian" as the name of the book. >> and booktv is on location in las vegas at the annual freedom fest conference and we are interviewing several authors here and were pleased to be joined now by the vice presidential nominee for the libertarian party for vice president for vice president of the united states, judge james gray, who is also an author and his book is called "why our drug laws have failed and what we can do about it." judge gray, if we could does start with your background. tell us your background. >> guest: sure, i was at ucla, go bruins, not sort of thing. and i was in the peace corps two years in costa rica. and on the vice presidential nominee for the party. i'm the first peace corps volunteer to be elected to national off
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states in 2016 and to be the first fifth third party candidate in history to win the presidency. >> this is booktv on c-span2. we are at freedom fest held annually in lost biggest talking with several different authors and we've been talking with win ellen ruda who lives in las vegas. the conscience of the libertarian as the name of the books. >> book tv in is on location at the annual freedom fest conference and we are interviewing several different authors and are pleased to be joined now by the vice presidential nominee for the libertarian party for vice president of the united states, judge james gray who's also in author and his book is called with the drug will has failed and what we can do about it. if we could come start with your background. it's been a i was in ucla then i was in the peace corps for two years and by the way you see and the vice presidential nominee for the libertarian party, will be the first peace corps volunteer to be elected in the national office and that this kind of pleasing. after that i went to usc and was drafted as a way joined the naval rotc and
states in 2016 and to be the first fifth third party candidate in history to win the presidency. >> this is booktv on c-span2. we are at freedom fest held annually in lost biggest talking with several different authors and we've been talking with win ellen ruda who lives in las vegas. the conscience of the libertarian as the name of the books. >> book tv in is on location at the annual freedom fest conference and we are interviewing several different authors and are pleased to be...
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also significantly, of uncle ted by this time was president of the united states. here in this pause for a minute to examine briefly just how theodore roosevelt got to be president because it bears directly on franklin subsequent career. around the time that franklin was preparing his notes the door had been running the police department in new york city. having a grand time reading of corruption. the powers that be in the republican party decided he was becoming a nuisance. so they looked around for a job they could offer him to get him out of new york. someone remembered theodore had written a book about the war of 1812. interested in a job as assistant secretary of the navy? he jumped at the chance. only weeks after he was sworn in the spanish-american war broke out. the door immediately quit the navy department, created the rough riders, sailed to cuba and became a hero. then only months later he was elected governor of new york and a year after that vice-president . under mckinley, president. all happened almost as fast as i can recounted. needless to say, the
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he had two tours of duty in the united states and dictum that capacities. he saw america's enormous industrial capacity and there's the famous quote he did make in contrast to the sleeping general quotation which he probably never uttered as good as this. he predicted the surprise of that and the initial japanese technological and strategic advantages he said something to the effect for six months after which i can guarantee nothing and of course it was exactly six months after pearl harbor. yamamoto was a dedicated war professionally and he knew that japan had no chance of winning the war that his orders were to go to the war and he saluted smartly and carried on. yes, sir? >> it is my understanding that the japanese strategy that originated in the mid-30s in relation to the pacific war in which they had anticipated there would be a war between the united states and japan at sometime both countries practice gains against each other on that was that because of the huge distances in the pacific japan felt they could if yamamoto followed the strategy that if
he had two tours of duty in the united states and dictum that capacities. he saw america's enormous industrial capacity and there's the famous quote he did make in contrast to the sleeping general quotation which he probably never uttered as good as this. he predicted the surprise of that and the initial japanese technological and strategic advantages he said something to the effect for six months after which i can guarantee nothing and of course it was exactly six months after pearl harbor....
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the united states naval academy. jimmy carter. that's pretty easy. the university of michigan which i already mentioned, gerald ford and some pretty. of course the starting quarterback for the navy was roger stop back. and if you think, california, it's pretty easy to come up with stanford for much harder graduated and promote jim and john denver graduated, but starting quarterback in the super bowl. then last one is really hard but have given you a clue. have already said his last name. benjamin harrison who matriculated at miami university of ohio and who is a quarterback , been in office burger of that team purpose per that shall not otherwise be named. so that's a little presidential trivia for you, and i also always give a little mix and stir when i come back. thinking to prepare my remarks when latter is being built. sandino's as well as i do. the real director of the nixon library was richard nixon. he designed and oversaw it and every detail was of interest to him. but probably the thing he was least interested in was a room which is even her
the united states naval academy. jimmy carter. that's pretty easy. the university of michigan which i already mentioned, gerald ford and some pretty. of course the starting quarterback for the navy was roger stop back. and if you think, california, it's pretty easy to come up with stanford for much harder graduated and promote jim and john denver graduated, but starting quarterback in the super bowl. then last one is really hard but have given you a clue. have already said his last name....
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after his presidency would become the chief justice said the united states. and he says to the set and that the corporate greatly benefit from the ability to write some ticket can create its own dock and not have to take every case the camelot. so under his leadership, his urging that congress passed in 1929 what is known as the judges though because all the judges of the country got behind this effort and gave the court for the first indiscretion we have a supreme court that is capable of an data set its own agenda. and in doing that, it really set the legal agenda for the country. >> watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> during the republican and democratic conventions, we ask middle and high school students to send a message to the president as part of this year's c-span student can
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going into the 20th century with william howard taft, president of the united states, as cincinnati was a southern town and trade was with the south and home of the underground railroad. they can get at of kentucky and were safe and could be disbursed partying was from marion ohio, william mckinley elected president sell a bunch of ohio wins. james garfield you have presidents who came during this period after the civil war up through the 1920's pulling presidents from other parts of the country that tend to be more moderate. not ideologues that is still true statewide. attendance the to be more pragmatic and light -- less ideological. if you try to compete in the general election in helps to swing to the middle. but ohio generally is the average state. almost every demographic group is well represented here. catholic, fundamentalist, ma instream, protestants, ethnic groups. the only one is maybe the hispanics. some places as a significant concentration. they do not amount to two much but demographically almost as if you want to test a consumer product you have every slice that you want
going into the 20th century with william howard taft, president of the united states, as cincinnati was a southern town and trade was with the south and home of the underground railroad. they can get at of kentucky and were safe and could be disbursed partying was from marion ohio, william mckinley elected president sell a bunch of ohio wins. james garfield you have presidents who came during this period after the civil war up through the 1920's pulling presidents from other parts of the...
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the united states the murder rate is getting up over 100 in 100,000 per year. and that's when we kicked down. up until then i think our homicide rate was lower than canada's and england's. and the english always say, well, you're so violent. up until that state breakdown, our country was working pretty well. it was the peak for african-american distrust of government that came during the nixon administration, 1971-'74. and that's when african-american homicide rates are highest. and when did white homicide rates peak? it was 1980. and that was when you see that accumulated anger over affirmative action, busing, defeat in vietnam, the humiliation of the hostage taking in r.n. -- iran and our inability to do something about it, you know, proactively, that it lingered. that's when white trust in government went down lowest. and the white murder rate was the highest at 7 per 100,000 which is just a huge rate. that's just whites themselves. and then ronald reagan comes in and speaks to the concerns of those people. and what happens? the homicide rate plummets. the s
the united states the murder rate is getting up over 100 in 100,000 per year. and that's when we kicked down. up until then i think our homicide rate was lower than canada's and england's. and the english always say, well, you're so violent. up until that state breakdown, our country was working pretty well. it was the peak for african-american distrust of government that came during the nixon administration, 1971-'74. and that's when african-american homicide rates are highest. and when did...
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then he volunteered into the united states army. bill, the photographer, left for cleveland to find work in a factory there. toward the end of 1944 he decides that he wants to see if he can get work in new jersey as seabrook farms which was of farming enterprise that was recruiting japanese americans from the camps to come work. so he leaves camp in the fall of october 44, heads to new jersey telescope the situation out. at that point sammy is gone. bill is gone. unisys gone. the only people left in camp are real and mary in little billy. rio de suffers what doctors called a nervous breakdown. she ends up in the camp hospital and relief for the rest of her time in camp, which is another nearly year in camp, real is suffering greatly and really unable to the work. barely able to leave the barracks. she is something of an invalid for much of the rest of this time. comes back from new jersey and finds his wife and a hospital. so he decides not to go, not to take the family to new jersey, to stay in camp and care for his wife. mary and
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he was origin i are from cans my immigranted to the united states. he's been in columbus five or six years by then. authors came across the name during an investigation of another guy who was a immigrant to baltimore and he was associated with klieg mohamed. they came across the notion that faris may have been asked to check 0 out the brooklyn bridge, see what it would take to bring the brooklyn bridge down. it's obviously after the 9/11 athats. he actually visited afghanistan. he'd been to the camps some of the terrorism training camps. met weathered and mohamed and the fbi was interested in him. faris was questioned beginning in mar of 2003. and during the interviews with faris, he mentioned the conversation they had with and the idea of shooting up a shopping mall. and also the name of christopher paul, the third man at this coffee shop came up. authorities started to piece it together and eventually in a sort of slow domino effect, the three were arrested and charged. so faris, the pakistan immigrant was ultimately pleaded guilty to two chargeses
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he was originally from kashmir and had emigrated to the united states and had been in columbus five or six years by then. authorities can across his fame during an investigation of another guy that was an immigrant to baltimore and he was associated with khalid sheikh mohammed the architect of the 9/11 attacks. through that investigation can across ferris's name and this notion that fairness may have been asked to check out the brooklyn bridge to see what it takes to bring it down. this was obviously after the 9/11 attacks. it turns out he actually visited afghanistan and had been to the camps, some of the terrorism training camps and have met bin laden and khalid sheikh mohammed so the fbi was obviously interested in him. fairness saw' questions began in march of 2003 and during the interviews with ferris, he mentioned this conversation that he had had with him and this idea of shooting at a shopping mall and also the name of christopher paul, sophos. authorities started to piece this together and eventually in a sort of slow domino effect of a free were arrested and charged. as of th
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states can from cincinnati. cincinnati in some ways was a southern town because a was oriented. its trade was in the south along the ohio river the and the mississippi. it also was the home of the underground railroad so if you could get sleaves, they could get out of kentucky and across the ohio river in some ways they were safe in ohio and then they could be dispersed other places that were even safer in ohio, so he was from here. harding was from marion ohio just north of columbus. william mckinley elected president in 1986. so a whole bunch of ohioans. james garfield, he was a short-lived president because he was assassinated in office, but you have a set of presidents who came during this period after the civil war all the way up into the 1920's and then it sort of stops and they were pulling presidents from other parts of the country afterwards. they tend to be more moderate for one thing. they don't tend to be of ideologues. that's still true for the statewide politicians there's a tendency for them to be
states can from cincinnati. cincinnati in some ways was a southern town because a was oriented. its trade was in the south along the ohio river the and the mississippi. it also was the home of the underground railroad so if you could get sleaves, they could get out of kentucky and across the ohio river in some ways they were safe in ohio and then they could be dispersed other places that were even safer in ohio, so he was from here. harding was from marion ohio just north of columbus. william...
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what happens is people in the united states and europe who fund these things generally go through an intermediary so they give their money to institutions such as kiva, a famous one that you -- deutsche bank, citibank, the traditional wall street companies, dedicated microfinance funses such as blue orchard, the biggest one in the order, and then you have the foundations. so in d.c. we have two examples, such as the foundation u.s.a. and calvert foundation but there are whole hot of these institutions. you give your money to one of these intermediary asks they apparently invest this in the -- in your best interests and in the best interests of the poor by channeling this money to these small banks in developing countries that are going to do effective microfinance. that's the idea. that's the theory. >> well, this book has been promoted and my understanding is that members of the church congregations, people making responsible investments are flocking to this opportunity. tell us about some of the people providing the money. >> it's now become what mott people would say is a huge bub
what happens is people in the united states and europe who fund these things generally go through an intermediary so they give their money to institutions such as kiva, a famous one that you -- deutsche bank, citibank, the traditional wall street companies, dedicated microfinance funses such as blue orchard, the biggest one in the order, and then you have the foundations. so in d.c. we have two examples, such as the foundation u.s.a. and calvert foundation but there are whole hot of these...
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he came to the united states in 1956. he came to the united states in 1956. the question was, he was born in cuba in 1899, so more than 100 years ago. and the thing about immigration is it doesn't work out for everybody. i mean, we have this american dream, and one of the people it didn't work out for was pedro victor garcia, who came to the united states with seven daughters and a wife, and struggled, could not make a living. and in 1959, after castro took over cuba, he, like a lot of cubans, thought the cube was going to become a better place, and that his options would actually possibly be better in cuba than they were here in the united states. and so he returned. he went back to the island of his birth. and after three years there, and after it had become clear that cuba was moving toward being a marxist lenin communist state, he did something really risky, and i'll read to you about what he did. beat bear with me for just one moment. i thought i had this marked. he bought an airplane ticket is what he did, and at the airport a guy who wasn't immigration
he came to the united states in 1956. he came to the united states in 1956. the question was, he was born in cuba in 1899, so more than 100 years ago. and the thing about immigration is it doesn't work out for everybody. i mean, we have this american dream, and one of the people it didn't work out for was pedro victor garcia, who came to the united states with seven daughters and a wife, and struggled, could not make a living. and in 1959, after castro took over cuba, he, like a lot of cubans,...
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41.6% of 25 to 34-year-olds in the united states had obtained an associate degree or higher. more alarming only 30.3% of african-americans in 19.8 of latinos age 25 to 34-year-old 0 containing associate degree or hirer. compared to 70.7% more asian-americans. even the latest issue would have tone for that black males historically at the bottom of the social economic per mid are becoming the education untouchables. beginning with descr. lee, for all of you in your estimate, what has most fueled the rapid, some say is a teamic client of the black male. why haven't we gotten a handled on the crisis? >> i think we look to several different areas. one thing we looked as as far as pathways. in the study i did for [inaudible] we looked at what happened with young males once they graduate from high schools. we're not talking about those who drop out of college and those who don't make it. but we're talking about those who have actually get to the point where they graduate. and what we found for those students nearly 50% either end up in incarceration, unemployment, or they either die
41.6% of 25 to 34-year-olds in the united states had obtained an associate degree or higher. more alarming only 30.3% of african-americans in 19.8 of latinos age 25 to 34-year-old 0 containing associate degree or hirer. compared to 70.7% more asian-americans. even the latest issue would have tone for that black males historically at the bottom of the social economic per mid are becoming the education untouchables. beginning with descr. lee, for all of you in your estimate, what has most fueled...
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blue states, but the united states. he presented himself as the personification of that notion. his presidency has been a rude awakening in terms of how far you can take that. so he has been dealing with that. the promise and frustrations of that idea ever sense. as i'm sure we'll both be experiencing the telephone calls, for the show. >> host: your book ends in 1989, "barack obama: the story." he said there's another volume coming? >> guest: added y2k committed to 40 years of robert caro, so assertive cat that on the down low, but i had every intention and i've done a lot of reporting that the later years, which influences the book even though they're not in it. and i don't want to do a quickie. i tried a rate for history documents coming out later and i want to be patient. >> host: to go against 1989, but at this point, barack obama so far 1961, born in honolulu 61 to 62 that in seattle. 62 to 67 back to honolulu into jakarta. in tunisia. back to honolulu, 71 to 79. los angeles, said in a to 81 while he attended occid
blue states, but the united states. he presented himself as the personification of that notion. his presidency has been a rude awakening in terms of how far you can take that. so he has been dealing with that. the promise and frustrations of that idea ever sense. as i'm sure we'll both be experiencing the telephone calls, for the show. >> host: your book ends in 1989, "barack obama: the story." he said there's another volume coming? >> guest: added y2k committed to 40...
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i have one member of the united states state senator i'm going call his name he said to me, john my voting record would be different. sometime you have to brick people to the point, so they can be informed, they can be educate, and be inspired. >> hi. my name is [inaudible] i was on the oat word of d.c. vote. i'm an voting rights activist as the political work. i find it terribly ironic. how many people live in the district of columbia. how many foctds do we have in congress? zero. it's the most frustrating thing in the world. we don't have it here in the district of columbia. >> if it were left up to me if i was a dictators. i would make it happen. >> let's come up with some creative -- you know, by the way, we're honoring julia at the dinner this fall. what can we do? it's the most frustrating thing? >> you have to don't organize and mobilize and don't become frustrated and give up. >> no. we don't give up. >> we need more members, that will stand up and vote for the vote of d.c. that's what we need. organize your friends across the land to vote the right way. >> i'm kate and i strongly
i have one member of the united states state senator i'm going call his name he said to me, john my voting record would be different. sometime you have to brick people to the point, so they can be informed, they can be educate, and be inspired. >> hi. my name is [inaudible] i was on the oat word of d.c. vote. i'm an voting rights activist as the political work. i find it terribly ironic. how many people live in the district of columbia. how many foctds do we have in congress? zero. it's...
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he was an american citizen and born in the united states. therefore under the 14th amendment, a citizen by birth. he went hollywood high school. he was in the class of 1921 at hollywood high school. he went off to the frank wiggins trade school to study to be an auto mechanic. he graduated in 1923. he opened up a barrage in hollywood. he liked model racecars and he loved photography. he was an amateur photographer. he also developed an alias for himself. that he used at times. his name was bill manbo. he developed a french version of his name that he would use. he would refer to himself as pierre manbeaux. he actually changed the spelling to be more french. in his spare key has built a little foyer with plywood in front of the door and arcing artistically across this little entry way is the name, pierre manbeaux. he was a clerk there. he was such a character. next to him is his wife. bill manbo's mother-in-law. they were both from japan. he had trained as a mechanical draftsman, but the number of different jobs when he came to the united sta
he was an american citizen and born in the united states. therefore under the 14th amendment, a citizen by birth. he went hollywood high school. he was in the class of 1921 at hollywood high school. he went off to the frank wiggins trade school to study to be an auto mechanic. he graduated in 1923. he opened up a barrage in hollywood. he liked model racecars and he loved photography. he was an amateur photographer. he also developed an alias for himself. that he used at times. his name was bill...
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the united states is the world's tallest midget when it comes to borrowing money. [laughter] if this could go on forever, it would be ban tsaic -- fantastic. it is not going to go on forever. i have no clue when it's going to end, but it is not going to go on forever. last -- and as interest rates return to normal, the share of the federal budget that goes to interest is going to rise, and that will crowd out spending on other things. it'll mean we'll pay taxes, and we'll borrow money, and some of the money we borrow will go to pay interest on the money we borrowed last year, and some of the taxes we pay will go to pay interest to our creditors. and those creditors are increasingly overseas. in 1990, 19% of the federal debt was held by foreigners. 19%. last year it was 46%. right? so that means that we will be working harder, and if our economy grows, we will have more tax revenues, and a little share of each of our paychecks will go to pay interest on our debt mainly to the chinese which is really weird when you think about it. here's a country where the standard
the united states is the world's tallest midget when it comes to borrowing money. [laughter] if this could go on forever, it would be ban tsaic -- fantastic. it is not going to go on forever. i have no clue when it's going to end, but it is not going to go on forever. last -- and as interest rates return to normal, the share of the federal budget that goes to interest is going to rise, and that will crowd out spending on other things. it'll mean we'll pay taxes, and we'll borrow money, and some...
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now, in 1917 the united states goes to war. fdr goes to see what your willson and tells him he wants to resign his post and he wants to be in uniform. wilson said know you're doing an important job where you are. when the united states is deeply involved in world war i, she's determined to get to the western front and against the resistance of his boss, the navy secretary daniels manages and their key to that office in a vaguely military uniform of his own devising. he wears pants tucked into he was a french army helmet and a gas mask. in september of 1939 ranks summer and then came portugal and bulgaria. he's the commander-in-chief of the army that trans with trucks marked tank and whose soldiers trained with hand grenades substituted by eggs. by the time the war has been underway for a number of months, clinton is pretty much with its back to the wall to countries and the netherlands and as most france, denmark, norway have been conquered by the germans and the invasion of britain seems imminent he's determined to try to do s
now, in 1917 the united states goes to war. fdr goes to see what your willson and tells him he wants to resign his post and he wants to be in uniform. wilson said know you're doing an important job where you are. when the united states is deeply involved in world war i, she's determined to get to the western front and against the resistance of his boss, the navy secretary daniels manages and their key to that office in a vaguely military uniform of his own devising. he wears pants tucked into...
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michener's position, in the specific case ending racial violence, like supremacy in the united states. but they don't come out and say that. fatality and story to convey that. and so michener is conveying roosevelt's interpretation of world war ii. i'm not going to talk much about the movies. you can ask me about the movies because that would take all of next year's program probably to do that, that happy to talk about. it's talk about the memorials. now, some of you have gone to see the world war ii memorial in washington, d.c. you see the arches, the patriarchs and the atlantic and pacific. 400,000 american dead but they are represented by gold stars. so you don't get the griping of you don't get the trauma, you don't get the body parts, you get the gold star. that's the traditional view of the war. it's not that it is a wrong view, but it's not the only view. it wasn't the only view among those who fought the war in the '40s and '50s. when i was a kid in school, we used to have these covers on their school textbooks and they always had rendition of the iwo jima memorial in washingt
michener's position, in the specific case ending racial violence, like supremacy in the united states. but they don't come out and say that. fatality and story to convey that. and so michener is conveying roosevelt's interpretation of world war ii. i'm not going to talk much about the movies. you can ask me about the movies because that would take all of next year's program probably to do that, that happy to talk about. it's talk about the memorials. now, some of you have gone to see the world...
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fdr, at the time, and currently, that's the office of the united states trade representative. they changed the title and ron kirk is usdr. he -- bob came in in a very weak cabinet position at the post. he used his underdog status to his advantage, and they became known as one who reached across the aisle, friends with republicans and democrats. started the career in washington as treasurer and chairman, that was surprising, but i think what helped him was that the democratic party itself was split he was working across an aisle already. any party that has george wallace who, you know, ran for president many times, white supremist, and anyone who can do that can work across the aisle in congress for republicans and democrats, and carter saw that and what he had done as chairman of the dnc, and he thought he could do that abroad. the tokyo round of the trade negotiations were stalled for soim time. they started in 1973, and there were over 100 countries involved, and so it seemed like a daunting task to take on. bob was willing to do it. he didn't have a large bureaucracy to wor
fdr, at the time, and currently, that's the office of the united states trade representative. they changed the title and ron kirk is usdr. he -- bob came in in a very weak cabinet position at the post. he used his underdog status to his advantage, and they became known as one who reached across the aisle, friends with republicans and democrats. started the career in washington as treasurer and chairman, that was surprising, but i think what helped him was that the democratic party itself was...
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states. lundy had to leave town as well. he was charged in 1833 -- he wrote an article that was well-known in washington at the time. a black woman was walk across the bridge of the potomac and the constable started chasing her. and people in washington knew what that meant. constables supplemented her income by kidnapping free blacks and selling them into slavery. the woman admitted she was being chased, she fell into the stream and drown. they got ground and buried her. lundy wrote an article and said, look, here's what happened, here is the name of the constable. if the district attorney is going to do something about it, then congress should do something about it. and so he hit the roof. he was this. he immediately charged monday with libel. he was always trying to drive the anti-slavery people out. they wanted to get rid of the anti-slavery forces in washington. and so lundy did the same thing that garrett said. he was facing like a thousand dollar fine, which would be, $20,000 or $100,0
states. lundy had to leave town as well. he was charged in 1833 -- he wrote an article that was well-known in washington at the time. a black woman was walk across the bridge of the potomac and the constable started chasing her. and people in washington knew what that meant. constables supplemented her income by kidnapping free blacks and selling them into slavery. the woman admitted she was being chased, she fell into the stream and drown. they got ground and buried her. lundy wrote an article...
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the united states does not. alright now in the book you also pick up another really, you know big target of the left, the koch brothers and you've beat them about the head too. for supporting policies that are in their self-interest in making themselves extremely rich. you say they not only control politicians but also even economic think-tanks at george mason university. i believe you saved the cato institute and that they basically been put out a lot of, i don't know if you would call it misinformation and if i'm wrong tell me -- >> guest: that is exactly right. >> host: putting out this information in order to convince the american middle class to act against their best interest. >> guest: you see that over and over and over. that is what happens. >> host: what do you mean? >> guest: you say how wonderful these policies are. is repeated. >> host: low trade and low taxes on the rich and allowing them to keep their profits overseas. >> guest: you hear it over and over, pretty soon people believe the. >> guest:
the united states does not. alright now in the book you also pick up another really, you know big target of the left, the koch brothers and you've beat them about the head too. for supporting policies that are in their self-interest in making themselves extremely rich. you say they not only control politicians but also even economic think-tanks at george mason university. i believe you saved the cato institute and that they basically been put out a lot of, i don't know if you would call it...
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the united states does not. >> guest: we're above that. >> host: all right. also in the book, you pick up a really big target of the left, the coch brothers. you beat them about the head too for supporting policies that are in their self-interest making themselves rich and economic think tanks, and that they put out a lot of -- i don't know if it's disinformation, tell me -- >> guest: that's what it is. >> host: they are putting out disinformation in order to con vinsz the american middle class to act against their best interests. >> guest: if you do that over and over and over, that's what happens. >> host: what do you mean? >> guest: say how wonderful policies are, and when it's -- >> host: we trade, low taxes on the risk, people keep profits overseas? >> guest: you hear that over and over and over, and pretty soon, people believe it. >> guest: one of the examples we cite in the book they engaged in, one of their non-profits, on the eve of the 2010 congressional elections, they began running ads that from the moment in canada, had a brain tumor, and you don
the united states does not. >> guest: we're above that. >> host: all right. also in the book, you pick up a really big target of the left, the coch brothers. you beat them about the head too for supporting policies that are in their self-interest making themselves rich and economic think tanks, and that they put out a lot of -- i don't know if it's disinformation, tell me -- >> guest: that's what it is. >> host: they are putting out disinformation in order to con vinsz...
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she wants a weekly standing meeting of the president of the united states. she get it is. i bet the first few meetings were awkward. they occur on thursday mornings. over the course of the meetings, she wins and moves over the president through her hard work and intelligence, and he comes to realize she is a familiar figure. she's a strong, confident, progressive minded women. he's met women like her before. she knows how to read him. she spent her life dealing with difficult men. i don't mean her husband bill. her father, her brother, other men in her life. she knows how to deal with these men. and she knows how to deal with president obama. and how those reflect many what we have seen in president obama. >> host: one thing a leader days is stay in the room. they stay engage. we have barack obama walking out of 2009 during a briefings on the gulf oil spill crisis, here the room is crowded with coast guard officials and epa and department of energy. and in terms of the energy secretary he says, steve, i'm out. when negotiations stuff. he wack walks out root of. when he's n
she wants a weekly standing meeting of the president of the united states. she get it is. i bet the first few meetings were awkward. they occur on thursday mornings. over the course of the meetings, she wins and moves over the president through her hard work and intelligence, and he comes to realize she is a familiar figure. she's a strong, confident, progressive minded women. he's met women like her before. she knows how to read him. she spent her life dealing with difficult men. i don't mean...
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of the united states apps. unfortunate circumstances. sometimes that happens in life. however what they do is put the goal of the country and of the organization ahead of the personality. what i discovered this is not really a personality clash. obama's thinking goes back to the early 1980's, and count three handwritten letters written by barack obama by a palestinian activist where he's trying to ingratiate himself and i touched on this briefly in the book. reverend wright as he goes after him as somebody that's going to help him rise and he takes on his view of israel as well, when most importantly, you have the rabbi who is a neighbor in hyde park in the area of chicago, and he is on the far left of american politics and the american jewish experience. this is a person who in 1979 pin the inaudible saying that you should stop talking about the holocaust. think about this. this is in the late 1970's which many holocaust survivors are still alive. they're still showing their tattoos from the death camps to the
of the united states apps. unfortunate circumstances. sometimes that happens in life. however what they do is put the goal of the country and of the organization ahead of the personality. what i discovered this is not really a personality clash. obama's thinking goes back to the early 1980's, and count three handwritten letters written by barack obama by a palestinian activist where he's trying to ingratiate himself and i touched on this briefly in the book. reverend wright as he goes after him...
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there is a missile gap in the united states. the problem was that kennedy in the campaign, they said that we need hugely increased defense in order to make up for it and he was committed to that. the result was in 1961 at that time, the largest defense bill in human history, and it was to a great extent that it made -- needless to say, the missiles could have caused a lot of destruction. >> host: wended nikita khrushchev come on the scene? >> guest: it did take some people to the blog, but not nikita khrushchev. there were two leaders who were essentially a joint leadership. by 19541956, khrushchev was a supreme leader. >> host: what policy changes came with his ascension? >> guest: khrushchev would've been shocking to anyone in the west. but khrushchev actually realized that stalin had gone way overboard. a number of people have been killed under stalin. despite all the claims, the soviet union was way behind economically and with defense. the result was khrushchev wanted to change it because something called the secret speech.
there is a missile gap in the united states. the problem was that kennedy in the campaign, they said that we need hugely increased defense in order to make up for it and he was committed to that. the result was in 1961 at that time, the largest defense bill in human history, and it was to a great extent that it made -- needless to say, the missiles could have caused a lot of destruction. >> host: wended nikita khrushchev come on the scene? >> guest: it did take some people to the...